What is recorded here

Fifty-one, fifty-three and fifty-five North Castle Street hold tightly packed eighteenth-century flats and a house, squeezed together like voices arguing in a narrow room. They still stand in Edinburgh, marked on the official map to within a metre, yet no gate or invitation is written into that precision. Imagine tenants climbing thin stairs, pressing past one another to reach small windows overlooking the castle shadow. The buildings do not perform history for visitors; they keep it close, dense and slightly breathless.

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Edinburgh, 51, 53, 55 North Castle Street as Flat(s) (18th Century), House (18th Century). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 1m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.

The historic-place record does not grant public access. Check current conditions and ownership before entering land or a building.